Always - thank you for that post. You are such an inspiration. Someone who has taken almost unimaginble emotional abuse from a person that she had the grace to love.
Of course you were hurt. You would have ben abnormal not to have been deeply hurt. You have a deep capacity to love.
I moved away from my town a the beginning of July, and I will be frank, it was tough at first, but now I am settled in Central London for as long as I wnat to be here [friend's aparetment, who actually wants me to be living in it, so it isn't empty!]
It is good being where everyone doesn't know your story ... I hated that. I don't mind people I know and love knowing, because they know the truth, but I hate being discussed and pitied
I can now see that the move, for me, was a good one. This is not where I am going to live for the rest of my life, I don't think, but it is a good place for now.
It is invidious to single peole out on these boards, as I have got so much from so many good people - including a couple of people I particularly value for having hit me with a 2x4. {I hope they know who they are, and how much I like and respect them for their brutal kindness]. But you are very special. Honest, fearless, full of insight and love for others. You write beautifully, and project integrity.
Please, if you ever leave these boards, which would be a terrible loss, keep in contact.
